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GAR FENDER.

No. 524,503. Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH FRANOIS MCDONOUGH, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,503, dated August14, 1894.

Application filed May 28, 1894. Sericl No. 512, 84- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FRANCIS Mc- DONOUGH, of Providence, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders; and I hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-fenders which are adaptedto be removably secured to the ends of cars.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple andeftectivecar-fender adapted to be removably secured to the end of a car.

Another object is to provide a car-fender with a novel pivoted apronadapted to be folded up against the fender proper when not in use.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the car-fenderand its novel combination with the car.

The invention also consists in such other novel features of constructionand combina tion of parts as may hereinafterbe more fully described andpointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improved fender secured tothe forward end of a car. Fig. 2 represents a front view of the same.Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detail view of one of the wheels forsupporting Fig. at represents a detail view of one of the devices by theuse of a member of which the fender is removably secured to the end ofthe car.

Similar numbers and letters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout.

In carrying my invention into practice I construct a fender having thecurved sidebars 5-5 connected at the upper and lower ends by thecross-bars 6 and 7, these crossbars are in turn connected with thevertical members 8-8 by the upwardly-inclined arms 9-9 at the lower endportions and at the upper ends by means of the arms 10-10, while theside arms are also braced to the vertical members by the braces 11-11and 12, and extending from the inclined arms 9-9 are the frames 13--13in which the wheels 14 are journaled, these wheels being mounted on therails and serving to partially support the forward end of the fenderproper. To the sidebars 5-5 and to the upper and lower cross-bars 6 and7 is secured a netting 15 being sufficiently loose in the center to forma pocket which will tend to hold a body falling therein and prevent itsbeing thrown out from the sides.

To the end of the car A are secured vertical sockets 16, 17 and 18 inwhich engage the depending-bolts 19, 20 and 21 extending from thevertical members 88 at the points of juncture with the arms 9-9 and10-10 and the braces 12.

The folding-apron is formed by side-bars 22-22, pivoted to the ends ofthe lower crossbar 7, and a cross-shaft 23 on which are journaled thewheels 2424, which, when L11 apron is in operation, travel on the railsand support the forward end thereof. Between the wheels 24: extends thebutter 25 having cushioned-hoods 26-26 extending over the wheels 24 andpreventing contact therewith when this end strikes an object on thetrack,- between the sides 22-22 and the bufier 25 is tightly stretchedthe netting 27 to receive a person or body which is struck by the bufier25. The apron being supported at its forward end very slightly above thetrack will readily receive a person or object struck by the buffer 25,the slight inclination of this apron presenting but slight obstructionto the passage of the person or article toward the pocket formed by thenetting 15 which will receive and retain the person or object until thecar can be stopped. By the pivoting of the apron it can be folded upagainst the main portion of the fender so that the roadway need notunnecessarily be obstructed, while, when desired, the whole fender maybe lifted out of connection with the car by removing the bolts 19, 20and 21 from their sockets.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a car-fender, the combination with thevertical members 8-8 provided with means for securing the fender to acar, the

arms 9 and 10 and the braces 11-11 and 12 n for connecting the side-bars55 and the vertical members, the netting 15 secured to the side andcross-bars, the frames 13 depending from the arms 9', the. wheels 14;journaled in said frames, the side-bars 22-22 pivoted to the bar 6, theshaft 23 at the'outer ends of these arms, the wheels 2&24 journaled onthe shaft, the buffer 25 having the hoods 26 carried by said shaft, andthe netting 27 secured to the side-arms 22 and to thebufifer, as and forthe purpose described.

h In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and.

JOSEPH FRANCIS MGDONOUGH.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. MILLER, M. F. BLIGH.

